Exhaustion

No mortal, physical being can continue an action forever. There are only so many roundhouses one can perform before one falls flat on their back from exhaustion.

During a match, all combatants will begin with their full compliment of Stamina ('Max Stamina') equal to their Stamina Skill. Throughout the match, actions they perform and actions they experience will drain their Stamina towards zero. Note that Stamina itself does not drain, a temporary stat we call "Current Stamina" does the actual falling.

Should Current Stamina drop to zero, the player will be forced to stop and catch their breath next chance they get. Until they do recover Current Stamina, however, their stats will drop proportionally and they will lose Current Stamina (into negative numbers) for every combative action they perform until they have a chance to recover. If a player is dropped to -Stamina / 2 (half-stamina below zero, for the math-challenged), they will collapse from exhaustion.

Adjustments to Stamina will also adjust Current Stamina. So if Stamina gains 20 points from a spell, Current Stamina will gain 20. Characters will collapse from exhaustion if their actual Stamina skill drops below 20, but such an event would be caused by spells alone.

Magic use does not directly drop Current Stamina.

Heavy work reduces Current Stamina. If a character's Strength and Constitution are high, their Current Stamina will drop less in this situation.

Running drops Current Stamina. If a character's Strength and Constitution are high, their Current Stamina will drop less in this situation.

Flying with wings drops Current Stamina. Actual birds (and the Holographics that look like them) do not lose Current Stamina if they keep up using updrafts and thermals, but when they have to flap their wings to keep aloft, higher Strength and Constitution will keep their Current Stamina nearer to the top.

Drazon wings are not meant for long-term flight. The cannot make full use of thermals and updrafts (they will lose the odd point or two of Current Stamina in such an effort) and they cannot rely on their Strength to keep their Current Stamina up while flying - only their Constitution.

Drazon lose 10 points of Current Stamina whenever they use their Breath Weapon.

Elementals lose points of Current Stamina whenever they use their elemental powers. Shade and Light Elementals do not lose Stamina when they use their moves, however, only mass amounts of HP.

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